Screen "zooms" when white is on screen

[nkjg]

Hi everyone,

I'm running a Win2K Pro workstation right now and I've
come across a very interesting thing with my 19" CRT
monitor.

It seems as though when there is more white on the
screen, it kind of "zooms" in, i.e. the edges of the
screen move outwards to the point where they'll no longer
be within the visible portion of the screen. This is
especially true when I move from an application to a
maximized explorer window. The edges will move about 1/4"
out. It's not much, but it's enough to cause some
dizzying effects after about an hour.

I have tried adjusting the resolution from my usual
1600x1200 to 1280x1024 and even 1024x768 (although I'd go
nuts at that small res, it's a 19" after all...). I have
also tried adjusting the refresh rate throughout the span
between 60 and 85 Hz (all the given options). Degaussing
doesn't help either...

I'd really like to solve this since i work with CAD
software, and when I more or rotate an object, it may
cover more whitespace as I move it around, so my screen
will zoom in and out while I'm working.

Thanks in advance,

Nick
nkjg(at)interchange(dot)ubc(dot)ca

 

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"nkjg" said in news:[email protected]:

Hi everyone,

I'm running a Win2K Pro workstation right now and I've
come across a very interesting thing with my 19" CRT
monitor.

It seems as though when there is more white on the
screen, it kind of "zooms" in, i.e. the edges of the
screen move outwards to the point where they'll no longer
be within the visible portion of the screen. This is
especially true when I move from an application to a
maximized explorer window. The edges will move about 1/4"
out. It's not much, but it's enough to cause some
dizzying effects after about an hour.

I have tried adjusting the resolution from my usual
1600x1200 to 1280x1024 and even 1024x768 (although I'd go
nuts at that small res, it's a 19" after all...). I have
also tried adjusting the refresh rate throughout the span
between 60 and 85 Hz (all the given options). Degaussing
doesn't help either...

I'd really like to solve this since i work with CAD
software, and when I more or rotate an object, it may
cover more whitespace as I move it around, so my screen
will zoom in and out while I'm working.

Thanks in advance,

Nick
nkjg(at)interchange(dot)ubc(dot)ca

Sounds like a monitor problem. Rent or borrow another monitor to test.